Bahman Ghobadi's tragic, yet unsentimental first feature is influenced by his own childhood in Iran's Kurdistan. In a remote Kurdish village on the Iran-Iraq border, five motherless children endure hardscrabble lives, as heavily burdened by responsibility and loss as a smuggler's mule. Ayoub (Ayoub Ahmadi) and his young sister, .. Read more
| Starring | Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-Dini, Nezhad Ekhtiar-Dini |
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| Director | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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"...The movie is brief, spare and heartbreaking....A TIME FOR BROKEN HORSES has the same kind of conviction as movies like THE BICYCLE THIEF, SALAAM BOMBAY and PIXOTE.."
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Beautiful and harrowing
Not a Hollywood blockbuster, obviously. Bruce Willis does not come riding into Iran to save the Kurds and make it all right. Instead, you have a magnificently ... read more »
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poor subtitles
I would have liked to have seen this film but the subtitles were so low down the screen that you could not see them, then for a lot of the film there were no ... read more »
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Tragic
A very grim and daunting account of a family's tragic fight for survival on the mountain borders between Iran & Iraq.
You'll feel lucky ... read more »
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A film to treasure.
This beautifully filmed story of a family of children in the mountains of Iraq and their struggle to survive in the extremely harsh conditions, is intensely ... read more »
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Unbearable suffering
Beautifully shot and acted, this film about the harrowing life of children in war torn kurdish village is very very difficult to watch in our lush western homes... read more »
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faulty, not able to view
please re-send, I'd still like to see this film
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It made me think!
This film made me think, made me appreciate my life and made me think that there are other styles of life too. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM A FILM?????
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Very harsh existence
This film portrays a very harsh way of life from the point of view of a small family of orphans. Filming is superb and the young actors are all extremely good. ... read more »
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Insight into another culture
Quite hard to know that there is such a different parallel life going on where such hardship exists. Despite this an uplifting story, beautifully filmed and ... read more »
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Makes you realise how lucky we are in the West
A moving story set in the snow clad mountains on the Iran - Iraq border where life seems to barely exist and the only work available is to smuggle large truck ... read more »
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Cultural glimpse
I was very impressed with the cinematography. The landscapes gave an incredible addition to the story. It was very moving, as it was very well acted. I must say... read more »
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